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Each chart is one survey, not a polling average. Dates below are fieldwork dates; older findings are historical snapshots.

Government · United States

Marco Rubio approval at 40%

Mar 6, 2026 – Mar 8, 2026
Registered voters

Approve40%
Disapprove47%
No opinion / no answer13%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Marco Rubio is handling his job as Secretary of State?

1,002 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-03-09. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2026-01-1242%Read
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Government · United States

Pete Hegseth approval at 37%

Mar 6, 2026 – Mar 8, 2026
Registered voters

Approve37%
Disapprove52%
No opinion / no answer11%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Pete Hegseth is handling his job as Secretary of Defense?

1,002 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-03-09. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (2)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2026-01-1240%Read
2025-12-1538%Read
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Foreign affairs · United States

37% approve of Trump's handling of foreign policy

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Approve37%
Disapprove58%
No opinion / no answer5%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling - foreign policy?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (2)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2026-01-1241%Read
2025-12-1541%Read
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Immigration · United States

38% approve of Trump's handling of immigration issues

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Approve38%
Disapprove59%
No opinion / no answer3%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling - immigration issues?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1544%Read
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Economy · United States

39% approve of Trump's handling of the economy

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Approve39%
Disapprove56%
No opinion / no answer5%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling - the economy?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (2)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2026-01-1242%Read
2025-12-1540%Read
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Government · United States

49% are very dissatisfied with how things are going in the nation

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Very satisfied14%
Smwht satisfied20%
Smwht dissatisfied15%
Very dissatisfied49%
No opinion / no answer2%
Question & survey details

In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in the nation today; are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Very dissatisfied responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1545%Read
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Immigration · United States

59% prefer a pathway to legal status over deporting most undocumented immigrants

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Giving pathway59%
Deporting34%
No opinion / no answer7%
Question & survey details

If you had to choose, which would you prefer: giving most undocumented immigrants in the United States a pathway to legal status or deporting most undocumented immigrants in the United States?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Giving pathway responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1557%Read
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Immigration · United States

60% say the administration is too harsh toward undocumented immigrants

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Too harsh60%
Too lenient7%
About right30%
No opinion / no answer3%
Question & survey details

In its treatment of undocumented immigrants in the United States, do you think the Trump administration is being: too harsh, too lenient, or handling this about right?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Too harsh responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1555%Read
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Immigration · United States

63% disapprove of how ICE is enforcing immigration laws

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Approve34%
Disapprove63%
No opinion / no answer4%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, is enforcing immigration laws?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Disapprove responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2026-01-1257%Read
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Government · United States

Donald Trump approval at 37%

Jan 29, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026
Registered voters

Approve37%
Disapprove56%
No opinion / no answer7%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?

1,191 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-02-04. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (2)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2026-01-1240%Read
2025-12-1540%Read
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Foreign affairs · United States

41% approve of Trump's handling of foreign policy

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve41%
Disapprove56%
No opinion / no answer3%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling - foreign policy?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1541%Read
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Economy · United States

42% approve of Trump's handling of the economy

Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
Registered voters

Approve42%
Disapprove53%
No opinion / no answer5%
Question & survey details

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling - the economy?

1,133 respondents overall; registered voters. live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. Question-specific sample size is not established. Percentages may differ from 100 through rounding.

The fieldwork year comes from the publisher’s dated release heading.

Released 2026-01-14. Original source

Earlier comparable questions (1)

Same wording, population, geography, method and response labels. These are separate samples; no statistical change is established. Showing up to five earlier surveys, including years outside the selected filter.

Approve responses in earlier surveys
Fieldwork endedResponseReport
2025-12-1540%Read
View history chart · Read the survey report
Coverage & updates

This explorer currently draws from supported questions in Caldwell’s automatically published Quinnipiac and KFF reports. It is not a complete archive of all pollsters or all questions. Only current validated reporting inputs appear; unsupported questions remain excluded. The automated publishing pipeline adds new supported findings as reports are published. Up to 200 recent managed reports are checked on each request, with parsed chart models cached by their source fingerprint.